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Erskine Dali
1 By John Foe, Jr.
Copyright by Charles Scribner's Bons
"THAT'S MY SONI"
SYNOPSIS.-To the Kentucky
wilderness outpost commanddtle by
Jerome Suinders', in the time inmiedit
ately precetding the Itevolut'ion,
comes ia white boy fleeing from it
tribe of Shawnees by whoi he had
been captured and aiopted as a son
of the chief, Knhtoo. 11e is given
'iihelter and attracts the favorable
attention of Dave Yandell, a leader
among the settlers. The youngster
is .naked-a, breech-clouted savage.
He speaks only bastard French and
Shawnee. B3ut le shows a patch of
white skint and proudly taps his
breast. "PIeface-white man I"
CHAPTER If
Olt( Jerome nnl Dave and the older
'mmmeni gatlereil 1in onie corner of the
stoickilie for it couniell of war. '1'iie
boy had zmale it plain that the attnck
lg party was lit least two days he
hind the three Iitilans from whom he
hund escnped, so that there was no
(nlnger that (liy, and they could wait
until night to send messengers to wiirni
the settders outside to seek safety
within the fort. Meanwhile, Jerome
wouhl (ishiitulh five Men with Dave to
-scout for the three Inidians who might
be near by in the wools, amil the boy,
who sew them slip out the rear gate
,of the fort, at once knmew their pur
1>ose, shook his hend, anl waved his
Jiiinl to say that his late friends were
(rone back to hurry on the big war
party to the attack, now that time
whites themselves kinew their langer.
'Ol Jerome nolded that he undter
.imooh, m1111 noddedl to others his appre
-Clation of the sense 1n1(i keenness of
'the id, bit he let Uie mene go Just the
:same.
Mother Sinaders appe1reil anl crleil
to Bud( to bring the "7Inijun1" to her
ahin. She haul been unearthing
-clothes for the "little hentien," n14
Ihia helpel to put them on. In Ia few
minutes the hld reappearel in fringel
hinmting shir anl trousers. wriggling
in thei ii ost uneoinfortnably, for they
.iin4e hi1 m itch. but at the snme tine
wearing them proudlly.
On the miighty wilderness the sun
sank slowly i obl .ierointe snt in
the western tower to witch ane. The
silence aiit there wits oppressive noa
signitiennt, for it miennt that h ithe boy's
thaory was right; the three Indians
hal gone hnck to their fellows, ai
when irkness (enmei0 the ohl mmian sent
riuners to the oi'u lying cubins to wnrn
the inntes to take refuge withii the
fort. Anad the gutlierin:g was non'
1 atoo soon. The hoiI t owls startead
biafore hlmwn. A Ilimmiig ntrrow hisseul
fiom the woodls, I thathlel into the rauof
0f (ne of the cuihinms. spitii neth feebly
oim n a(<'w-ml renched rilge-pole. a, m
went ouilt. ivage war-whoops rent
tiha' fir, tii the hittlt 'is aii. All day
hem' light. 'enit on. 'hera were ielnt s
'm iittiek in front aluml rutshes front th'
ra4:ir, u1ill there wvaere'm rushes friom all
.iies. The woien laitdeal ridles amal
uaaiokel anl i rel for the wounlel.
imiie in liiliaii rn Iii 1 th. a' ll aif
1 ha stiackniih- anmi set ai (niint aon tire,
limt noi uine ail' thei thiree gait bacik to
linm' waiais ailive'. Theia strmanmer boay suit
waztiniig everytingi, mmmii mingcli nio
a'ffiirt toi tuia parmt. Luiae in thae ufter
iiaii ft' intim tion biilegmim to runt
ianw mmi liii' the itithly ahlsi'alaatlaon ofi
beagunm to tumnneal unmialer thi( walils of lie
faomt. Atl ye't a laist sallby waus imole
jisl blietuii Ssnst . A\ hiaily hushedt
* lgminsmt I hivi' In fte towa'er unal l a ve
*snw thii sictiger b oy ait hiis slate withb
his hiaw innil iiarw. A few minutes
Iiite'r ha' hati ai m yell friam thle inial
whleh rumng hii gh ovaer thii allni, i ha'
sawv Ihi' lieathlieal tip of an mrrowi
.shikinig in thei brensmm~t aif a lig Iisllani
wVho) sm ina'al :indl fell bmehintal a bush.
JTust mm thatie miiiinenit thera'e wevre yells
froem thle wonaiis lbehlinl--thei ye'lls ofi
whbite mieni inmt wV'eemisweireilaby
joyful yells wIthlini tlie fort:
"The Vlrgmiini s ! 'lhe Virginas !"'
A mi ns Ihae rescuters alutshieul I into sightI
- on horse a mi a fia t, Ihte sa xiw the Iinti
laemnl th wial~il aof thle stocks1;ele emial ails.
:a enr lieh inal Ithe Ih-inmi I miii ans.
"Goneili bamck toi 'etm." ha' gmruntedi to
hiimself. Theia gaites werie thirown opjemn.
Old J1eromee anel his miinm ruisheil oumt,
ami besIegedl anid i'escuers haouireal ali
'their fire efter the ruimngi illamns,
somei( of wihom turneil bavely to aemmp
'ty thiiri ifltes onice miorte.
"tit in ! (lit in, qileck !" yaelleil ol
-Joel, Ile knew iaithier volley woubmil
(omie 11s soon1 mis time Initilants reacha'l
1 he (cioer of thick wI~ols, niali'icome
(lhe vallhey <lhi. Thirime muen ifalh- -01n
thle lentleir of t he V'irginns, li whsa'
'hemnd flopped forward mis he ('mteirail
'the gat e iind was caught In oldi. ioeis
airmes. N'ot aiiotheir sommnd (enmila frmaa
'the wIIo(ds, but migai h n Dae froamm tha'
"tower' saw the enne-briish rustle at tha'
'edlg of ai thlicket, sew a han md thrumist
ylbwardh with the phui of peiuae
*towaird tihe fort, amid mignin thei
:stranger boy emlerged-this Iihnie wI ih
eahboody senlp thinginmg In his left
hn.Dave sprang dlownu end muet hihii
at the gatte. The bmoy shook his how
and arrow pr'oudly, polited to a criss
'(rOSS senr' on the scnlp, and1( Da)ve
'mnd ie aiumt fromi his expulam tnnion thlmi
.onice before thle hl hiad tiedl to kill
'his tormen(itori 51nd( thait the sear wais
thme sign,. In thme cemnte r of the ehelos
'tire the wommidoi Viuginuian lamy, ami
whemn bld Jeromie strm iped thme sh lt
*from his breast he shuolk his head
graively. Thme wounded muan opemiou
'h ~ is eyes just In thnme to se ant lihe
"~I knmow It," lie said( faintly, and
~i lia enncaeht the hno wit tie
Pioneer
senlp, were fixed stendily and began
to widen.
"Vho Is that boy?" he asked
sharlply.
"Never 1111(1 now," si( old .oel
soothingly, "you must keep still !"
The boy's eves hadl begun to shift un
dler the scrutiny and ihe star'ted away.
"Come back here!" connunantled the!
wounic. mnn, ani still searehing the
lat he said sharply again:
"Who Is that boy?" Nor would he
have his wounti dressed or even take
the cup of water hantlded to hin until
old Joel brielly told the story, when he
lay bck on the ground a1d closed
his eyes.
D)arkners fell. In each tower a
watcher kept his eyes strainedI towarl
the black silent woods. 'The diying
11)1n was land . on a rudle hedl withlilt
one cbin, titl old Joel lay on the
floor of it close to the <loor. Ti.
stranger lad refusedi to sleep indoors
and hudled hiiself in a blanket on
the grounl in one corner of the stock
ud(e. Men, woien utid ehlllren fell
to a leep 111(1 weary sleep. An hour
later the hoy in the corner threw
ashle his blanket, lad wh i. a nuo
luent later, Lydia Nov, fo'urlsi 1nel(
thirsty, rose frmn her bed to get nt
drink of watter outsibe her door, she
stopped short on the threshold. The
Inti, stark naked but for his breech
clout a nil swinging his bloody se1lp
over his hea(, was stinnping aroundl
the fire--dancing the senip.lpance o
the savage to a low, fleree, guttural
song. The boy saw her, saw her face
in the blase, stricken white with
fright anld horror, sow her too parn
lyzedl to inove and he slopped, staring
at hter a ioient with savage rage,
and went on again. Old .Joel's body
filled tle next doorway. lie called out
with a larslh oath, andi again the boy
stopped. WVith another oath and I
thretatening gesture Joel iotione to
the corner of the stockade, Ilad with
a fltre of defiance in his black eyes
the lad stalked slowly and prouidly
aw\tay. Fromn behinel himl the volt e of
the wou~ntled 11manhenlled, til old Joel
turnedi. There was it ghastly smnile on
the Virginian's paillid inee.
"I saw It," he sal painfully. ''That's
--that's mny son1 !'
CHAPTER III
Fromu the slihiitll on the edge of
the hig bank, straight above the brieu
of the uinnijestlc yel!low .11nines, i 11oble
h11:1I of thick grass its )broad ias ia
noiern highway ran hancretls of
yarils hetween hedges of roses
straight to the open <loor of the great
imnnr-house with its wide verandtns
Shar py,
an~ tughy pllrs et<epbc
shos Thty Bhoyh"use hAskhee
hn11 ality uirel ears et br'Oi hck
brottii lhti f r nglm it gr e u 1ible's
ownaiship, it~i Iwas aieldsni h grcoo,
54on of then rei'gnin;g generaition)1, 4on14
'olonel Dalei~, snt in the verans~ila
iil11ne. i was W aS 1 r'oyatlist 4)tIler1, tIIs
seOn'lll sonf, but hiIs 4'Itier brotaher hll
She' sii't of iin lig arid ioivei n ire
thilt shouhll havl e been h1Is, 21114 he had1(
been'i sitting t here foulr yearis beofo re
fromii is first PIioeering trIPi into thle
wti41s. to loll Itt hIs wife wiis <len1il
amonolg thle Thu hins. 'Twto years liateor
st ill, worllli nme tha11t th1e faither, too.
had4 110 1n1t <lent fr'om the sav'ages. ilmi
te little kingilomn passe01 lno Coloinel
hnle's hamii(s.
lmiiientur.d l servanlts, as5 wtell 1as
hline(ks 1'romi A fien'i, hnd1( labrer( on
thait liath in front of hhn; 11ml up1
It hntu On(ce stalkeod a deputatIon of
the' great II'ivl PohInn's redl trIies. Up
jilianteris inl silk ('oats, thei go)vernor4)
Itingulehied vIs~ti's from E-ngilitl.
wasi E-n ish s1till - hooilks, ('lothe1s,
Idltes, kivi'. atul1 forks: thei ('hureb.Ii
Ite (representIl Lgat of the( King ~is'
Counell, the 'uhPar Iai men111t-so
011a1ly ari'stoerntleI, politient0 ly repubi
llenn. For nnacene unaen he-ld that tai
-"freeren" should haive it voice in the
elections, have equal right to say
who the iainkers and what the Iltw.
The way was open as now, Any ntin
could get two thousand ncres by
service to the colon', cVt)oubl biuilbi,
J)iow, 'ea'ip, save, buy servaitn. :tiit
roll in his oiwit coach to sit as burgess
There %wis but one sent of ieatrniinie.
ait W\illhunshtllrg. What culture they
hadI they brought from Englan or
got frini parents or ininister. And a!1.
ways they had seetned to lrefer Y-vio'rd
aild slump to th1e pen. They hated)
towlis. At every whar "f it lm: shaky
tre'stle' 1'1n from at warehountse ("It into
the river to load ships with ti'l:deco
for En glind aund to get lin reiirn all
convenitiene's slnd luxurles, aid that
wts eutirgli. Iii towns imienl jostled
and inelivbilual freediomnii was hot, so,
Io! for the great sweeps of ind and
the sway of it territorial l!rdi Eng
lishitnen they were of Shakespeare's
thne but living in Vir~ginin. and that
is itll they were---save Ihat the flower
of liberty was growing fister it the
nlw-wov.irbi soll.
EIglisiln'n cnlled it the "Good
Lante," aind found It "mlost plentiful,
sweet. whi oisome, ald fruitfl of all
others."
IL own it niw ('nm it little girl-the
flower of ill those dead and gone
and her comling was Just its though
one of the floVers about her had
stepped from Its gay (comprlany on one
or. the other Sill? otf thp path to make
through them a daiinty, triumphal
n111relh 1s the fairest of them all. At
the dil she pausel andi her impa
tient blue eyes turned to a beid of
the yellow river for the first glipse
of i gay harge that s54on must come.
At the wntrf the song of negroes rose
as they utnloaded the hoat Jiust from
Richmond. She would go and see It
there w as not a pnckage for len mtioth
er ain( perhaps a1 present for herself,
so WIth another look to the river bend
she turned, but she moved no farther.
instend, she gave 11 little gasp, in
whlieh there was no fear, though what
she saw was siely startling enouigt
to have rnad' her whioel in flight. In
stend, she gazed stendily into it pair
of grave binh k eyes tlt wTre fix(") on
her from unler a green braich that
overhung the footith, nt sfeilily
she sin rclhied the i'u:re standing
Itert', from thy' eoon;skin enr11 down fhe
fringed huin -shiirt nd 'l fringed
hreeches to the lo)''nsineduh feet. And
still the strange thrzure sto:l arms
fol1ed, mot lo ile. ind silent. Neither
the attItude not' the sil':nce was (itetti'
pleasing. nnd the girl's sipple shlder
ness stiff'enel. ht'r arims went rigily
to her sies, and a hlaul'hty littl4e snap
sent her utndilingled 01hin toward.
''Who are you and what do you
Want?'
It wits it new wny for n wo'mn to
speak to Iman ; he in turn was not
pleasel, and a glean in his e(yes
showed' it.
I "I nt the .ln of a k!ng.''
She st:1 rfed t~ !au.:h, but grew lum37
r.led. for shl' hrl th' blood oif 'oca.
hontas, herself'.
"You :are ain Inldian':"
I t shoi: his he:id. t'ornin f, to"
plain, '1rliiipop d his r'illo to til w htniiio
I of his ari;. att, reaichilg for his belt
wh're :;'w saw".r tie bh( ukhoirn htndtle
of it hun lllf i;g-kul''e. 4 arn14 towa~t( her,
bit she (idi rnoft Iliacth. lrntwilng :a let
te r 'r t:rn ;te 1'!t, 1:i' handed i to hir.
iftvwas ri wo'rr rindt soiled that i she
fuook it nai!y~ and saw'~ (n it heir
fathert's~ tntn. Tim~ boy' wave-! lis
li i ve h r ?
"Yu'i wvish tio ,ee'im?
shoe)4k imf ''rentert the little4 ladyi
stairted tip th'eol th wh1it hier headii
noiist'1essly ntr her, his fi'-i unl
muovtd, but h)1 iis eyes wiere dnirtin g ight
rtndf lft to ' tim fiiiwers, tr'ees, and~
bitshets, to eve'ry llittlrng, 5trantget bird,
thte grany st riak of ai senrmpinitng sirii
irrs tiook ini- the flinkflg chluirs of
wo4rk-httrses, thef whir of' a1 irntii, the
st'rtei'ch of': a iienee'k, the son.:s of
net.gr'ois frinii tar-oftf tio'hs.
Ort thle porch sri fan gen rtiman In
lifing his e'yes f'ioim a cotiy of' The
Sip'rt at top 14 iv1 e nn or'der to a negro
ser'vnlt, saiw the14 t wo 'orin, it L. 1, t he
tirs: loo.k oIf hotwillermientt on his t~ne
farce gaive wriy to a ttlertnt smtile,
1l itarsked! no lllesftiit, for a purpose54
very3 diefAie atnd dtefiite was pitinly
brintginig the lit tie ilidy on, and he
woubill nolt halve' to quet'fion. Swiftly
slit ratn up thie steps. hitr m'outhi primo.
ly set, itt and anded him a le'tter.
"The meissentger is thle sonl of a
kintg."
"'A what?"7'
"Thte soin of a kinrg.'' site repierat ed.
"'Ah,"' satid the genit leminn humort'iing
hetr, ''ask his hnighnes''s to be0 seaitedi."
I Ili l hghiiess wais iiiokintg from to
to) the other grauvely aindt keenlty. 11e
gentle fun was bi-nag pokted at im,
and~ tie dlroed~t slilh-nly 4)n thti 4 ilge
of then poirch rumi stried in trert of
him. The little girl saiw that rinnne
ens-las wetl'rntiouc wornu andi thant in
oneC wais a hole withl thle ed';-e bloodir
staitned. And thlen .who b'e-~: to
watch lier faither's faee, wvhi-h duihioe
that the ont11enit s if the' iett.r 'were
atstotundting him~l. lie ro'se (I'::!ly wh1en
he 1had4 fhIshied atndl jt t 'i bit and
toite .atrranger.
"I* nam gladl to se4 :. on. my ioy," he~
sn Id wi th greait k 11idess. "'stribm ra.
this is a lifttle k Iinian of ourns fromia
lE(ntucifky'. Ie wais fhe :rdnpted. Hf)r.
oif 11n Iniantr chief, buit by bloedh le i
yourit cousinr. Ills namni 1:; Erskinoe
Ihdet."
"Mrs. Wilhlou haby, r-.'y I I
present by cours'a fromi Kea'.I
tucky?"'
(TO 11i CONhT1 Att men
STATE'S LITE STOCl
SURPASSES COTTON
ACCORDING TO STATEMENT MADE
BY DR. W. K. LEWIS, STATE
VETERINARIAN.
$4.OOO,OOO FOR LIVE STOCK
Values For Last Year in South Caro
fina Show Total to Exceed That
of Fleecy Staple.
Columbia.
The live stock industry in South Car
ollna during the lust year exceede
In total value that of the state's cot
ton crop. This interesting and some
what startling statement was made
by Dr. W. K. Lewis. state veterinariar
and Insusctor in charge of live stoel
and sanitary control work. ligure:
for live stock, which includes cattle
hogs, sheep, horses and mules, tots
$84,000,000. while the cotton crop, tak
ing the state department of agricul
ture's estimate of 776.000 bales and al
lowing the high average price of 21
cents per pound, values $77,600,000.
The above statement will come as at
eye-opener to many South Carolinian,
who had no idea that the live stool
industry in this state had grown tc
such proportions.
Dr. Lewis, who represents both the
federal government and the state it
the control of disease among animals
attributes condition to three things
Tick eradication, hog cholera work an(
the advent of the boll weevil. I e be
lieves that the solution of the bol
weevil problem is in live stock raising
and sees for South Carolina great pos
sibilities in this Industry.
Since 1914 when the legislature
made an appropriation to fight th<
cattle tick, thus eliciting federal sup
port to the extent of giving South Car
olina a separate district. great wor
has been (lone In eliminating the prin
cipal drawback, the tick. The federa
government has rais;ed its quarantini
entirely and the state (tuarantine rest:
only on the costal plane. Ilog cholera
has gradually been eut down throngl
'the preventive treatment until to da:
'.he loss through this liosase is est
mated to be only $50,000 a year. Di
'LewiR has been in chargo of the Soul
Carolina office since its establish let
and to the untiring efforts of him an
of his force, South Carolina can a
tribute an actual and potential sayit
of about $2.000.000 a. year, not I
speak of the Increase noted in 1i1
stock. In 1914 the farmers of tl1
state took an actual and potential lo:
from the cattle tick of $1.5(51.0(0) an
from hog cholera of $5)0,000 ). Grad ua
Jy theae items have diminishedl.
. Referring to that strip of coast:
ph1in which the state still holds i
cattle tick qiiarantliii,' Dr. Lewis wa
asked what could he done to eradi[al
the tic k there also. ".liservance
the statewide stock art will haste'
lie eraidiention morete tiain anythlin
i'lse I know,'' he sa id.
May Change Plan for Constabler.
Governor I iarvey is not entirely sal
Isfi ed wuithi II the pr'sent Ilaw eniforce
m~n t effo'riits of thle state con st abllos
ni nc ini nuneb.' r, an id is 'cn sid erina
ai chanage whet r. bly all th le conlstablde
wa'ill be soubject to oriders to go any
where In the State on aL miomen(lt's lic
l~ice aind "'swoop dlown'i' On tile law vio
lators when they are not sutspectii
any such move by the otficers.
At present thn constales huav' cot
ta In districts t~o paitrol anad sldotm,i
ever, get out of their r'espe't ive die
tricts madlltte up of a few countitils. 11
this way the bootleggers antd Ilaw vic
hJ tot's know whei'e t he :onistaibles ari
.aind go ahead with thbelt business uii
mnolestedl while the officers at'e a
work ini anotheb r couty 3.
The governor' Is tightinag on mnik n:
Columbia Ithe gene(ral headquar ter'
for all the mna anad send(inig theta t<
eery point1 in the stalte( wi thouit 1l1
ting the violators know of the moves
Cooper to Serve.
Th'e Southernl C'o-opet'ativue Leagu
with hieadquareters in W\ashIigt on I
opplose'd to the Dyer' a ntl-lynclinug hbl
and in all effort to detl'L this mens1
ure plans to get co-oper'ativye eftfort
by the souttherni states to putt dowl
mob01 violence. TO this eiid a 'omit
sion of 16, One from each state toch
nically I ormed "southiern,"' is beina
appointed by the governors9 of thlesi
states at the reoluest of the lengit
and thIs cornmissIon Is to frame a bi!
that- wi'll not be objectiotiable to thIi
South, but that wi'll tend to do awa:
with mob violence.
Govenor' Harvey appolintitedl labr
A. Coolier, former gov'ernlor of SoutI
Carolina, to rep~resent this stalte oin th
cornmm)ission.
New Automoblies Are Registered.
South Car'olinlans bought 82
"brand'' n0w automobiles duiring t hi
month of .June, which woii indiente
thtat a little money is still left ii
the state. Thie fIgures wet'e com11pIler
by the state highway depar itmtient. Ti:
numlaberl oft neiw inatchIines we're regis
te(red withI the dlepa rtmnent duirIng th<
month.
lIn thIs list of new registration
Iticlanttd county1 led with 135, wvhij
Gr'eeniville was seroad with 82. Spai
tanhburg had 731 anad Charlestoca 71 wh
Florence registering 38,
Number of Suicides Shows increase.
Suicides in South Carolina in 1921
totaled 78, or at the rate of 4.5 per
1000 of population, according to figures
taken from the records of the bureau
of vital statistics. In 1920 the total
number of suicides was 58, which was
a rate of 3.4 per 1000 of population.
Homicides in 1921 totaled 301, which
was a rate of 17.5 per 1000 of popula
tio n. The number of homicides in
1920 was 2560, or a rate of 15.2. These
figures have recently been compiled
by the bureau of vital statistics, of
which C. Wilson Miller is chief clerk.
Legal electrocutions in 1921 totaled
seven, or a rate of .41 per 1000 of
papulation. In 1920 the number of
legal electrocutions was three, or a
rate of .17.
Deaths from automobile accidents im
1921 alumbered 62, or a rate of 3.6 pet
1000 of population. The number of
deaths from automobile accidents in
1920 was 82, which was a rate of 4.9
per 1000.
Deaths from railroad accidents in
1921 totaled 58, or a rate of :.4. In
1920 (leaths from such achidents to
taled 63, which was a rate of 3.7 per
1000.
Ilightning killed almost tw ice as
many people in the state in 1921 as in
1920. In 1921 the numnher of deaths
from lightning was 25 and in 1920
the number was 1.1.
Diseases of the circulation brought
about more deaths in 1921 in the stato
than any otler one cause. The nun
her of deaths attributed to this c(ause
was 2,865 or a rate of 166.7 per 1000
of population. In 1920 the number of
deaths from diseases of the circula.
tion was 2.873, which was a rate o!
170.6. 1'neutonia also claImed many
deaths in 1921. The number of deaths
from this disease was 820. In 19 U,
however, the number of pnetmcfi a
deaths was 1725. 1'ulmnualis tuberett
lasis in 1920 claimed 1.165. In 1921 the
number was 1.105. Pellagra, according
to the statistics, claimed 33.1 victims
in 1921 and 257 in 1920. l)iphth-tria
look 146 lives in 1920 and 156 in .9:1.
Typhoid fever in 1921 claimed 372
vict is. In 1920 the nuinher of i'.aIha
froin this disease was :1.1. Sumv'lox
in 192 killed two persons and in, 1921
nine. Malaria in 1920 broight 'shout
254 deaths and in 1921 212 i-aths.
I)iseases of the kidney caused m1:c i y
cdeaths in each of the two years. -In
1921) the nulnher of doaths from such
diseases was 1491 ami in 1921 was
1451. Tetanus is cha:rged with 19
deaths in 1920 am ten in 1921.
Deaths from iniluenza showd(l a
sharp falling off. In 1920 this cmalady
claimed(1 674 lives; in 1921 it lo 1k 18.
it
,t Should Watch Seed.
d A. 11. (ilbert. .lr., chief in pe'ctor of
t- the lpartment of agricultur', c an
g linned farmers of the stale who Iiar" to
.o soon begin planting fall crops, to sce
,e that all sed the.y huy is lahcindc'"or
to s(tie piircoses." s the departmienL i 0 has
s discovered that somie shipmnilt. of Slp
cI posedly seed oats and wheat wie'r not
I- so lcheled a11(d dhi 11nt cxee. the" re
(Cttirc~'aen ts of Ihi' de'partmetit.
A Inless the f 1 armers see 12.I.1 their'
n oats, whea.t anti other seild are iabe.dc
s ciirrectly, showin:. ihat thtey ar It' le
e tised for :n'cd, thil' i'jpiarlmiittt ca ctn ot.
t. Jiropirly harnuili' the .shippercc'wo tai cko
advacciagi of thcemi. Often. alr. G~ibert.
said, mctis andci whca t. ace siipped1 andt
niot mcarkedi tor cseed acid when thii
diliin'ltnit litsi th seed theyv are
founctci I.) bei fauclty. Somtinnicex~ g''rmci
nan hal s advaniice-d toi as i-;hla itS 1
iier' cctt actl 1 his wcouldl ruin flh' socml,
ricirclingi. to .iir. Giilbert.
Anxy tariers wishintg secil tistiid
max~y call cupont the depai~rtmenict andii act
ciinpclor will be1 senit to itiestigate
thii seici. Tedlrmn.U lttk
stcubmittedc samupil es, bii ut mitat t aki sam-n
plc's fromit the enxtire shiinentcc itsi'lf.
Alli ed.; shlt d lhe lciprcprly lab leli'd
ort birandili ini orderc thact thei purichatser'
c-ac bei pirotec'itedit, thce chief Icinsector
-To Assist Jobiess.
S WV. A. C'olcnman. nmayor of Coluixhia,
lixhas been app)1 toil fiedioraI iricto ofit
t te U'niteid Slates empx~lcymen'ct u-r viic
fori thce stat' ofl South (Caroilina andci
IAW. TI. W\illngharm has bieen ainiiited'i
d itxaineiir to repr-osenit ci-tic ilymtt
serv'ice, accodini g tic an announiiii cemntt
-imade in Wasinto by the cdircitif
.generalcc of thxe cxi inoymen'ct ser~v ice.
ieri 5ieverl'mnthiccIs ani empxloymencc'ct
buireaiilt has bsein mcaintacined' at thu
city hall for men1 andii wiomin ot ('o.
lumbilia whlo are scekling for work{. Now
lihi acLtivitices oft the buriceani acri to
hei wrcidncd accl the etire c stat e will
he. i'mbiraied inc Its scope. .\1r. Willincg
hiamc will riecive' ajiplicaltiions foric work
-fromc peopile dovier the stated acci will
Man Loses Parole.
3 (;overnor- I iarvey revokedi the Pa rolo
I issueid to JKay Siih of Anderson by
3 obert A. (Coper ecu March 3, 1921.
/' Sui t h was liairoled duin tg good behn
vior andi (Givernior' Harvey was ad vised
l that t he mian htad Violated the (3cndi.
bons ofi thec pa:1role and that he had
3 he-en conivicte'd of housebreakn.g and
larceny in Oc-onee cuountty recently.
Contract Renewed.
t Dire'ctors of the penitentiary renew.
I id tho contr'act for manutfacturIng~
3 chairs in the chair factory at the, pris
on with the Fiber Craft Chail .'m
Iany 'lhe renewal was along ltho
samo lines as Lice old contr-act. hut
-thie state, unrt' the agreemnentimaude
a has the right to end the atgr'eciment
after nix ienhts' notice at an iy t ime,
a The compiiany woulid 1b( givien six
months' ntii~ice and six adiitontal
-monxths to lhluidat, in case thie sta to
a wished to end thei agreement, It was
annonned.
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Seattle, Washington.-"I had drag
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RICHARDSON, 4640 Orcas bt., Seattle,
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